Author: Ryan Tucker

According to Chinese sources, the People’s Bank of China is pulling out all the stops in an effort to develop its own digital currency. In the aftermath of a crackdown on cryptocurrency trading and cryptocurrency mining, many analysts thought that the country was intent on controlling the digital currency space within its borders, although it […]

Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project has probably been the most hyped and most talked-about cryptocurrency project this year. From those touting Libra as the greatest thing since sliced bread to those condemning Libra as a threat to the world financial system, it’s not difficult to find an opinion that someone holds on the controversial cryptocurrency. But […]

The launch of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project has really shaken up the world of finance. Techies have gone gaga over Libra and the potential instant global reach of the new cryptocurrency, backed by Facebook and its billions of users worldwide. And while governments have taken a critical and skeptical stance towards Libra, Facebook isn’t the […]

Bitcoin has been around for about a decade now, and its influence on world financial markets cannot be understated. While acceptance of Bitcoin still isn’t as widespread as many Bitcoin adherents would like, it’s nonetheless an accepted asset, currency, and store of value whose utility is widely recognized. Bitcoin’s price and performance is assessed every […]

Attorney General William Barr made headlines recently for his insistence that consumers come to grips with the government’s need for backdoors in encrypted products and services. To Barr, the existence of encryption that cannot be cracked by government investigators is an obstacle to criminal investigation. But there’s a reason such products are offered to consumers, […]

Facebook may have expected to make a big splash with its Libra cryptocurrency project, and it certainly has. But the attention that Libra has garnered has been largely negative, particularly from government officials in the US and around the world. There’s a very real chance that the move to clamp down on Libra and Facebook […]

President Trump’s tweets have almost become a matter of legend, with the ability to move markets with just a few short words. And while most of Trump’s tweeting deals with politics, world trade, and reacting to current events, he finally decided to tell the world what he thinks of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Unfortunately for Bitcoin […]

Building on the implementation of its cryptocurrency debit card in the UK, US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is expanding the issuance of that card to more countries in Europe. Now consumers in Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, and the Netherlands will be able to use the Coinbase VISA debit card. The card allows consumers to spend […]

Facebook’s leap into the cryptocurrency sphere was met with applause by many market analysts and observers, but with great skepticism by both cryptocurrency enthusiasts and governments. Cryptocurrency enthusiasts distrust Facebook’s goals for its Libra cryptocurrency, and don’t believe that the company will hold true to many of the claims it makes about user privacy and […]

One of the key factors behind judging Bitcoin’s continued popularity is the number of addresses that are active in using or trading Bitcoin. Today that number stands at over one million, a figure that was first reached in November 2017 but that hasn’t been broached since then. That’s nearly double the number of daily active […]